James, You are receiving the power from an AC outlet. So, for me it's ok to have the label 'AC power' in the Power Manager. I think change the name to Internal/External Power only will get things confusing for users. Regards, Eduardo Basos <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:58 PM, James T Snell <<a href="mailto:james@dawning.ca">james@dawning.ca</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> When I plug my laptop in to its power adapter, the Power Manager says the computer is on AC power. This is a misnomer at least in my case because the computer only sees a DC power source. The big box that power laptop power cords have contains an AC to DC adapter. The same process occurs inside the power supply of a desktop and thus the actual computer never sees anything but DC power. I'd suggest renaming the terms in the Power Manager to read "External Power" and "Internal Power" - I think this is about as precise as we can be without actually being incorrect in some occasions. I appreciate that this is quite a cosmetic request, however I think it could help remove a misleading concept that could lead to people misunderstanding what they're doing. I already submitted this as a bug, but I was told to instead comment on this here. Anyway, have fun, keep up the great work & cheers! -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>